My New LEGENDary Plane Build Begins!

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[CLEAREDDIRECT]

Thanks for not shying away from talking about the reasons you didn’t go with others. Stoked for ya!

[petercole]

Gotta say with mike patey taking time off from making airplane build videos its refreshing to get a new build on YouTube!! Love the channel and look forward to seeing this new ride fly!!

[yellowcubdriver]

I had the same vibe from CubCrafters too. If you’re not rich. They don’t even want to entertain you. Vans aircraft will give you a free airplane ride if you just show up. I think you picked a good choice.

[kila]

The intro is under appreciated!! I mean...the thought put into the journey from home, airport, rental, travel, and arrival was a joy to watch. All while you explain why you're on this journey...Chef's kiss

[GlenAndFriendsCooking]

That's going to be a great plane! Keep it light with longer wings - That's what I did with my 172, ditched everything that added weight and added 3 feet of extra wing length.
Can't wait to see it in the air!

[PredMatic]

Your dedication to keeping your money in the US made me pretty damn proud of you. It's going to be fun watching you build out this adventure plane.

[jaywwild]

Yo Trent! I’m a new follower and holy pierogi have I found a gold mine of a channel. I’m a new pilot in training and your vids are max inspiring. Stoked to see this project come to life 🤘🏼

[KayleighSmith-uy]

Mount a small round mirror above you in the front so you can still have eye contact and conversation with your wife. That might help eliminate the tandem hesitation.

[PetesGuide]

Unicorn SuperCub with long endurance, eh? Just ask Mike Patey to build you a custom Scrappy derivative.

[charlesmartin]

From 'Cub Killer' to 'Cub Collaborator'...I would have preferred the 'Freedom Wilga' (built by Mike Patey).

[haroldnelson]

This is so cool, Trent! It's like the love child of a Piper Cub and a Kitfox...but this baby is going to be greater than the sum of its parts. I hope to see a unicorn on it somewhere.

[Neil_]

The Bearhawk Patrol is a 2-place tandem that probably would have meet all your back country requirements with a 140 mph cruise, but you would've had to assemble/build a lot more of it yourself, particularly if you wanted to try and use the 916.
You'll be happy with what you've chosen. FWIW, my wife prefers tandem.

[trentonpaul]

The big wheel guys are workin' the disaster area... guys like you.

[billmccaffrey]

Club Crafters would do anything for you if your last name was Patey.

[zombi]

That red behind you while you where talking about colors looks amazing.

[EXROBOWIDOW]

For a paint scheme, you might consider one of your favorite characters or symbols.

My husband used to build and fly RC sailplanes. He liked to use red with yellow accents. On the yellow rudder, there would be a lion rampant, representing Aslan, the "Not A Tame Lion" from the Chronicles of Narnia. He'd also put a yellow or white band on one of the wings, so he'd know which direction it was flying when it was high up on a thermal. Those things only had about a six foot wingspan, more or less, and could be very hard to see.

Similarly, blancolirio bought the twin engine Cessna "Harvey, " with the white rabbit Harvey on the tail.

You mentioned you like red. But in your backcountry flying, a high visibility color scheme would be better for safety. Red both is, and is not, a high visibility color. Like the Freedom Fox, mixing red with other colors will really help it stand out.

[LukeKirk]

American flag tail would be pretty cool.

[IndianScaleModeler]

Fantastic build! As someone who builds model aircraft on my channel, I greatly appreciate the complexity and labor of love involved in this REAL build!. Legendary.

[GrahamPete]

You should paint your airplane based off a bird. Like a Red-winged Blackbird and have feathers painted on the wings. My first plane will be based off a wood duck I think

[Jasonrcsd]

22:04 Smoooth transistion...just like into your New LEGENDary Plane! Cheers! Jason